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Chapter 10 & Stuff

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polling place   the location where voting is carried out  
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precinct   a voting district  
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ballot   the lost of candidates on which you cast your vote  
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absentee ballot   one that allows a person to vote without gping to polls on election day  
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returns   ballots and results of an election  
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exit poll   asking a sample of voters leaving a selected polling places how they voted  
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electorate   all the people who are eligible to vote  
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apathy   lack of interest  
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electoral college   part of the process that Americans use to select their president  
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initiative   a way that citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments  
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proposition   a proposed law  
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referendum   a way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law  
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recall   another type of special election  
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elector   people who hold electoral votes and are part of the electoral college system  
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winner take all system   the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the states electoral votes  
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propagabda   an attempt to promote a particular person or idea  
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political action committees (PACs)   organizations set up by interest groups especially to collect money to support favored candidates  
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soft money   unlimited amount of money for general purposes  
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incumbents   politicians who have been elected to office  
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